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accompanied by her foal, who trots at her side as she 

 performs her humble duties. I hare frequently- 

 asked the owners of such, what they proposed doing 

 with this foal. Some have replied that they intended 

 it, when old enough, to take the place of the mother, 

 as it would work and grow into money. Isow this 

 working and growing into money, usually ends in its 

 becoming, from working at an early age, a cat-ham- 

 med, misshaped animal, and comparative!}^ not worth 

 a shilling. Others, more sensible, have told me they 

 intended to sell it to some one who had the means 

 of rearing it properly; a much more sensible man, I 

 should say, would be the seller than the purchaser. 

 For we may fairly presume the dam does not show 

 much promise of producing anything very desirable ; 

 and as to the sire, it often happens the owner of the 

 mare has not the remotest idea of what the animal 

 w^as ; probably some stolen leap, or if not, the selec- 

 tion of him could not reflect any great credit on the 

 taste or judgment of the owner of the dam. lu 

 cases where I have seen such breeders intend keeping 

 their foal till it becomes of a useable age, I have 



